Aamir Shafi
Senior Software Architect at NVIDIA
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAamir Shafi is a Senior Software Architect with 19 years of experience bridging high-performance computing research and production-grade networking systems. Currently at NVIDIA after a research scientist role at Ohio State’s Network-Based Computing Lab, he specializes in parallel and multicore computing, data center systems, and software-defined networking. He led HPC research groups, ran Linux cluster deployments, and architected MPJ Express, a widely used open-source Java messaging library. His academic path includes a PhD in Parallel Computing and a MIT visiting scholar stint collaborating on Cilk, resulting in award-winning research on hyperobjects. Aamir combines deep theoretical grounding with hands-on optimization work for SDN/NFV platforms and has consultative experience with clients like Cavium, Dell, and Marvell. Based in Chicago, he’s known for translating advanced parallel algorithms into scalable, real-world systems.
19 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, Parallel Computing, PhD, Computer Science, Parallel Computing at University of PortsmouthBS, Computer Software Engineering, 3.22/4.00, BS, Computer Software Engineering, 3.22/4.00 at National University of Science and Technology
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Github Skills (29)
python10
distributed-computing10
dask10
pydata10
infiniband9
mpi9
message-passing9
task-scheduler9
cuda8
nvidia8
java8
pytorch8
consistent-hashing7
machine-learning7
hpc7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
aamirshafi/distributed
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
A distributed task scheduler for Dask
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years
schedulerdaskconsistent-hashingdistributed-systemsdistributed-lock
mpjexpress-project/mpjexpress
Oct 2006 - Jul 2014
An Message Passing Interface (MPI) implementation for Java,
Contributions:121 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 7 years 10 months
javamessage-passingmpi
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